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Avoiding Data Breaches
Data breaches are a constant worry for most organizations. Recently, the ecommerce provider, Shopify, had a close encounter of the uncomfortable kind with their potential data breach. This interesting news came to us from eWeek in their article, “How Shopify Avoided a Data Breach, Thanks to a Bug Bounty.” Breaches occur way too frequently for…
Read MoreA Solid Foundation with Taxonomies
London research software firm, Digital Taxonomy, has secured what it describes as a ‘substantial’ round of investment funding. The company’s proprietary Codeit software automatically codes and analyzes open, unstructured text. Mr. Web brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Digital Taxonomy Gets Funds, Staff and New Office.” The software is mostly utilized to uncover insight from…
Read MoreDigging Deeper
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems that are based on deep learning are changing the electronic devices that surround us and how we interact with them. Phys.org brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Make deep learning faster and simpler.” Every time a computer understands our speech request or an advertisement for something we have been…
Read MoreTaxonomies and Digital Asset Management Systems
A taxonomy is the spinal cord of any enterprise system. It provides the map to make your content findable in a quick and efficient manner. This also applies to your digital asset management (DAM) system. This interesting information came to us from CMS Wire in their article, “5 Signs Your Taxonomy Needs a DAM Update.” A…
Read MoreAge and Security Concerns
How safe is your personal data? Do you even know all the locations that holds your data? Work, home, social media? Don’t worry, few people do. I often hear some variation of the claim that “young people today just don’t care about privacy.” This is something that people widely seem to believe is “just true.” Protecting…
Read MoreAI Strategy is Invaluable
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology and has the power to significantly impact every business in every industry – if they are prepared. Forbes brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Why Every Company Needs An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy For 2019.” It can be challenging to imagine how AI could…
Read MoreNew Level of Security
Security is always a concern, at home or in the workplace. Advancements in criminal pursuits drive advancements in preventative measures. In an era dominated by mobile devices, users can find themselves lost in the proverbial “password hell”. The requirements of passwords vary across platforms and applications. The combination requirements and frequency of updating can feel…
Read MoreRecognizing Your Library
When your hear the subject is about libraries, branding isn’t something that comes to your mind, at least not mine. This very interesting topic came to us from The Scholarly Kitchen in their article, “Guest Post — The Library is the Brand.” Today’s academic library is not your neighborhood library from your childhood memories. It manages…
Read MoreMeta and Data
We talk a lot about metadata – its uses, benefits and role. Metadata often provides the key for businesses when integrating multiple software applications to determine how data from multiple systems relate to each other. Formtek brought this interesting topic to us in their blog post, “Metadata: Fuel that Powers System Integrations and AI Context Recognition.” Metadata…
Read MoreBad Data
In a world of big data, bad data is becoming more and more common. Part of the issue is fueled by the technology we use to help manage and organize that data. In our rush to be more on-demand, personalized and data-science-powered, we’ve embraced cloud computing, social connectedness and analytics. We all agree that every…
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